And here they come !!
Nairo Quintana (left) and Primaz Roglic (right)
Nairo Quintana and Primaz Roglic group
Geraint Thomas
The defending champion, Alejandro Valverde
Rain, rain, rain and more rain !!
These two formed the first breakaway but after 5 laps around Harrogate, were soon back in the Peleton, Lawson Craddock USA and Stefan Kueng of Switzerland
Peter Sagan and his brother Juraj
Julian Alaphilippe (left) and Peter Sagan (right)
Julian Alaphilippe
The second breakaway - Gianni Moscon (left) and the 2019 winner Mads Pedersen (right)
Alejandro Valverde
Peter Sagan
Alaphilippe and Sagan battling it through the torrential rain
Ben Swift
Julian Alaphilippe
Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium, the current Olympic Champion
What a day ! Never in our lives have we seen rain like it, it was biblical !! We were absolutely soaked, not only to the skin but to the bones. The weather ruined the race, the poor riders looked in total agony. Typical unreliable British weather, which had been variable all week. Todays race route was slightly altered to miss a river that had burst and the horrendous weather over the tops. Roads were being pumped clear before the race started. The peleton diminished each time they came round Harrogate due to the weather conditions with riders soaked through and absolutely exhausted. The race had a delayed start due to the weather but lucky for us, a further 2 laps of Harrogate were added so we saw them 9 times. Viewing wasn't that easy due to umbrellas ! I think around 150 riders started the race, with less than 50 finishing it. The race was won by Mads Pedersen of Denmark. A brilliant day, such a pity about the never ending stair rod rain. Looking forward to the Tour de Yorkshire already !!
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